Time |
Activity |
8:00 AM |
Breakfast and Registration: Conference Room 1302
Clinical Academic Building – 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ |
9:00 AM |
Welcome
Kathleen Scotto, PhD, Vice President for Research and Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
9:10 AM |
Opening Remarks
Denise V. Rodgers, MD
President (Interim), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
9:20 AM |
Speaker Introductions
Terri Goss Kinzy, PhD
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
9:25 AM |
Keynote Presentation: The Brain On Stress: What Does Neuroscience Tell Us About Therapies for Brain Health?
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Bruce McEwen, PhD
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology
The Rockefeller University |
10:25 AM |
Break |
10:40 AM |
Increased Levels of ENGRAILED2 are Correlated With ASD Risk
James Millonig, PhD, Assistant Dean of Medical Science Training and Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
11:00 AM |
Pathological Modeling of Canavan Disease: Potential for Therapies
Paola Leone, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology - UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine |
11:20 AM |
Interaction of Human Genetic Variation and Virulent Bacteria Determine Risk of Aggressive Periodontitis in Children
Scott Diehl, PhD, Professor of Oral Biology - UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School |
11:40 AM |
Prevention of Experimental Juvenile Onset Diabetes Through Activation of Type 2 Immunity
William Gause, PhD, University Professor of Medicine - UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School |
Time |
Activity |
12 noon |
Lunch, Poster and Tours Session
Arline and Henry Schwartzman Courtyard
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ
Tours of the Bristol Myers-Squibb Children’s Hospital, Children’s Specialized Hospital and the Child Health Institute of New Jersey will be conducted as follows:
Tours: 12:15 PM and 1:00 PM - Starting Point Outside the Walgreens Drugstore |
2:00 PM |
Session A: Environmental and Community Impacts on Child Health and Disease
Conference Room 3101
Child Health Institute of New Jersey - 89 French Street, New Brunswick, NJ
Chairs: Jeannette Rogowski, PhD
University Professor in Health Economics – UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Margaret Shepard, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Graduate Programs – UMDNJ-School of Nursing |
2:05 PM |
Patient Outcomes for Very Low Birth Weight Infants: The Role of NICU Nurse Staffing
Jeannette Rogowski, PhD, University Professor in Health Economics – UMDNJ-School of Public Health |
2:20 PM |
Further Testing of a Theory of Family Bereavement
Margaret Shepard, PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Graduate Programs - UMDNJ-School of Nursing |
2:35 PM |
Oral Health Status and Utilization Among Children in Head Start
Rebecca Reed, DMD, MPA, Assistant Professor of Community Health – UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School
Rosa Chaviano-Moran, DMD, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Recruitment – UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School |
2:50 PM |
Association Between Asthma Exacerbation and SO2 Exposure in Belvidere/White Township Area
Clifford Weisel, MS, PhD, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, UMDNJ-School of Public Health and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
3:05 PM |
Developmental Pesticide Exposure Reproduces Features of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Role of Epigenetic Alterations in the Dopamine System
Jason Richardson, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine – Environmental and Occupation Health Sciences Institute and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
2:00 PM
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Session B: Inflammatory Processes in Child Health and Impact of Infectious Disease on Child Health
Conference Room 102
Medical Education Building
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ
Chairs: Lisa Denzin, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Child Health Institute of New Jersey
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
David Bleich, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism – UMDNJ–New Jersey Medical School |
2:05 PM |
Immune System Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes: MHC Class II Peptide Loading Controls Autoimmunity
Lisa Denzin, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics – Child Health Institute of New Jersey and
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
2:20 PM |
Ganglioside GM1 Deficient in Effector T-Cells Causes Resistance to Regulatory T-Cell Suppression
David Bleich, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
2:35 PM |
Sensing of PAMPs by Kidney Podocytes causes Proteinuria through type 1 IFN Mediated B7-1 Induction
Sevgi Gurkan, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – Child Health Institute of New Jersey and
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
2:50 PM |
Mechanisms of Phthalate-Induced Inflammation in Neonates
Anna Vetrano, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
3:05 PM |
A Rat Model for Kingella Kingae Pathogeneis
Nataliya Balashova, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oral Biology – UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School |
3:20 PM |
Break |
3:35 PM |
Session C: Understanding, Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children
Conference Room 3101
Child Health Institute of New Jersey - 89 French Street, New Brunswick, NJ
Chairs: Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD
Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Pediatrics
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Tyrone Bentley, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School |
3:40 PM |
Absence of Autism Associated Gene Engrailed 2 Impacts Forebrain Development and
Monoamine Systems
Emmanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Pediatrics – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
3:55 PM |
Fetal Programming of the Immune System in a Prenatal Model of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Nicholas Ponzio, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School |
4:10 PM |
Recombinant MG53 Protein Modulates Therapeutic Cell Membrane Repair in Treatment of Muscular Dystrophy
Noah Weisleder, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
4:25 PM |
Pten and TSC in Normal Brain Development and Neurodevelopmental Brain Disorders
Gabriella D’Arcangelo, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
4:40 PM |
Inherited Genetic Variants in Autism-related CNTNAP2 Show Perturbed Trafficking and Elevated ER Stress
Davide Comoletti, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology – Child Health Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
3:35 PM |
Session D: Nutritional Influences on Child Health and Impact on Disease
Conference Room 102
Medical Education Building
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ
Chair: Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, EdD, RD
Director of Nutrition and Wellness, Francois-Xaiver Bagnoud Center – UMDNJ-School of Nursing
Adjunct Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences – UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions |
3:40 PM |
The Social Ecological Influences on Family Food Security and Children’s Growth Status
Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, EdD, RD, Director of Nutrition and Wellness, Francois-Xaiver Bagnoud Center UMDNJ-School of Nursing and Adjunct Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences – UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions |
3:55 PM |
Developmental Origins of Metabolic Diseases in Developing Countries
Daniel Hoffman, PhD, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences – Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey |
4:10 PM |
Non-Specific Immunity of Preterm Breast Milk in the First Month of Lactation
Anna Petrova, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
4:25 PM |
Two Cases of Vitamin D Intoxication Involving Over-the-Counter Supplements from South America
Elizabeth Korn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School |
4:40 PM |
Importance of Nutrition Beyond Growth
Cheri Clancy, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Pediatric Triage Nurse Coordinator – UMDNJ-School of Nursing |
